‘2026 International Virtual Reality Conference’ Confirmed to be Held in Daegu... 1,000 Participants from 50 Countries

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Daegu City and Daegu Convention Bureau (CEO Bae Young-chul) announced on the 7th that they have formed an attraction promotion team centered around Professor Jung Soon-ki of the Department of Computer Science at Kyungpook National University and Professor Kim Jung-hyun of the Department of Computer Science at Korea University to successfully attract the '2026 International Virtual Reality (IEEE VR) Conference' to Daegu, marking the first time in Korea.

IEEE VR is an international conference with the highest authority in the fields of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR), which started in 1993. Every year, VR content developers, engineers, artists, and entrepreneurs from around the world participate to present their achievements and engage in domestic and international technology exchanges.

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Each year, top global companies such as NVIDIA, Unity, Meta, Microsoft, and Qualcomm participate as sponsoring organizations. The conference was held in Shanghai, China in 2023, and this year it is scheduled to be held in Orlando, USA in March.

Daegu City plans to strengthen the core competencies of local ABB companies and further activate international exchanges with companies, domestic and foreign scholars, and young talents through hosting the world’s top international conference in the VR field.

The 2026 IEEE VR Conference is scheduled to be held at Daegu EXCO for five days around March of that year, with approximately 1,000 participants from 50 countries expected.

Choi Woon-baek, Director of Future Innovation Growth Office of Daegu City, said, “We have succeeded in attracting an international conference comparable to SIGGRAPH Asia, which was held in Daegu in 2022. It seems that Daegu is now emerging as a global ABB city,” adding, “Daegu City will spare no effort to actively support the successful hosting of this international conference, just like SIGGRAPH Asia.”

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